Quotes by John Cook

“Theres no doubt, when Tigers playing his best, theres only a Big One. Theres him and theres four other guys. When (Tiger) is kind of just OK, thats when you bring Vijay into the mix. Hes clearly the worlds No. 2.”

“But the intent is still there and the drive is there, and we see that at home. People may not see it as much out here. They dont think he works as hard as Vijay, but hes every bit as driven as Vijay is. He just brings it here. He doesnt try to find it here, he brings it with him.”

“Whether he reaches that level of invincibility again, I dont know if he will, because the guys behind him are much better than they were five years ago.”

“We are disappointed ... the military value and homeland security value of Ellington wasnt realized by the commission.”

“When you end the season like we did against USC, you really dont want to go through that again, ... So I think theres great inspiration for our team since we have a majority of those kids back. They certainly have a deeper motivation to not let that happen again.”

“We have a better understanding of how tough it will be getting into those late rounds of the NCAA tournament, going to the next level to get to the Final Four and compete for a national championship, ... Weve got a lot of wisdom.”

“Shes gone from not being able to lift the bar, a skinny body that wasnt very strong, ... to now starting to look like a big time college volleyball player - an international level athlete. Hopefully shes going to see great results on the court.”

“The two-setter system we tried tonight went smoother than I thought it would. We hit .400 in the first game. We were pretty focused and had a lot of adrenaline going. But that was the first time Hawaii had seen it so they had no idea. Its a hard system to defend because youve got three hitters coming at you in three different spots every time. We had a lot of single blocks when we were hitting.”

“Its a philosophical difference that Ray and I have about whether the Palo Verde rewards should have gone back to the ratepayer or should it be applied to the city to be used to lower electric costs in providing taxpayer services,”

“She lit us up. That showed me she was ready to get out there and compete.”